Siheyuan: Rebirth 52 years later, escaping from famine in Beijing

Lu Weimin took out the key to open the door, entered the room, found the entrance to the basement, pressed the switch, and the entrance opened. Lu Weimin walked down the stairs into the basement. The basement was smaller than the upstairs, and there were seven or eight boxes.

Two of the boxes were filled with old first edition coins, which were obviously not exchanged in time or dared not to be exchanged. Lu Weimin felt sorry when he saw it. He opened the third box, which was full of original ancient books from Longguo. Lu Weimin cursed inwardly and frowned. No wonder the ancient books of Longguo were lost so badly in later generations. There were actually two boxes like this. The fifth box was filled with antiques, and so was the sixth box.

The seventh box contained large yellow croakers, and the eighth box contained calligraphy and paintings. Lu Weimin waved his hand and put all the boxes into his personal space. Today was a great harvest, and he was so happy! Although the two boxes of old coins seemed to be useless, he still put them away together.

After checking carefully again and making sure nothing was missing, Lu Weimin left the basement, walked up to the ground, and searched the room again, but there was nothing else of value. So he left.

After returning to my home in Ermingang, I looked at the time, thought for a while, then pushed open the door and went in.

The next afternoon, at the Red Sun Restaurant, Huang Changjun was all smiles and looked very excited:

"Wei Min, you may not have thought that as the investigation deepened, we found that the scale of the enemy spy network in the island country we destroyed this time was much larger than we thought. Our contribution was also greater, and the higher-ups were very happy. By the way, I have a piece of news for you. I may be promoted to deputy director of the branch! Of course, the official appointment letter has not been issued yet."

"As for your and Xiaohan's achievements, they will be recorded in the files and sent to your unit. When you officially join the company, you will be commended by the unit. We will also notify the school of Xiaohan's achievements. With such great achievements, Xiaohan's future is limitless! Even I am a little envious!"

Lu Weimin smiled and responded: "No matter how good her future is, it's not as good as yours, Brother Huang. You are about to become the youngest deputy director!"

Huang Changjun laughed loudly, but said: "Isn't it now? I was just talking casually!"

Lu Weimin smiled and said, "It's only a matter of time."

Huang Changjun was even happier after hearing this. After parting, Lu Weimin returned to his home in Ermingang. His wife had gone to work, and Xiaohan would not be home until the weekend. Sister Fei was reading a story to Xiao Aimin, and the family was having a great time.

"You're back!" Sister Fei smiled when she saw Lu Weimin coming in.

"Dad! I want a hug!" Little Aimin was also very excited to see his father, and stood up with his arms open. Lu Weimin walked over with a smile on his face, opened his arms and hugged his son, kissing him several times.

In this way, every day passed very comfortably. Lu Weimin slept, read books, practiced Chinese martial arts, and spent time with his family. The days passed quickly.

It was Saturday night again. Xiaohan came back from school and rode her bike home. As soon as she entered the house, she happily said to Lu Weimin, Li Jing and Sister Fei:

"Sister Fei, Brother Weimin, sister-in-law, I have good news to tell you. Our school knows that I am arresting enemy spies. The school leaders and counselors are very happy and praised me greatly!"

"I even won a second-class merit award and a bonus! I was also made squad leader!"

After hearing this, Lu Weimin, Li Jing and Sister Fei were all genuinely happy for Xiaohan.

Li Jing smiled and said, "Xiao Han, you have made such great contributions at such a young age. You will definitely be assigned to a good unit after graduation. You have a bright future!"

Xiao Han said happily but shyly: "Actually, this is mainly due to Brother Weimin. I just got lucky with him."

Lu Weimin smiled and said to Xiaohan: "Xiaohan, you are so modest! If you hadn't been guarding Lao Gu at the door, he would have escaped long ago. Your contribution is really not small!"

Xiao Han was very happy to hear this. In the blink of an eye, a few days passed quickly.

The day when Lu Weimin was about to report to his new unit was getting closer. On this day, good news came from Huang Changjun: because of his great contribution this time, he was promoted to deputy director of the Red Star Branch, and Yao Aijun became the captain of the public security brigade of the Red Star Police Station.

Huang Changjun was very happy and specially invited Lu Weimin to dinner. He held his hand tightly and said, "Brother Weimin, I am where I am today because of you! You are really my benefactor! When Xiaohan graduates in the future, if you need any help, please let me know!"

It was a sunny Monday with fresh air and a clear sky.

Lu Weimin rode his bicycle to the location of the Institute of Mechanics. It was a large courtyard with a large area and high walls. Fully armed soldiers stood at the gate, and the situation seemed very strict.

Lu Weimin got off the car early and pushed the car slowly towards the gate.

"Comrade, please stop for a moment. What are you here for?" one of the soldiers guarding the gate asked in a stern but polite voice.

Lu Weimin took out his letter of introduction and said, "Hello, comrade. My name is Lu Weimin. I just graduated from university and was assigned to work at the Institute of Mechanics. I am here to report today."

"It turns out to be Comrade Lu Weimin, the hero who destroyed the enemy's spy network on the island country! My honor and disrespect!" The soldier at the gate's eyes lit up and showed an expression of admiration.

Lu Weimin was a little surprised: "Comrade, do you know me?"

The soldier said enthusiastically: "Just call me Xiao Li! The director has already told us that a comrade named Lu Weimin will report in the next few days and join our big family, and asked me to pay attention to the reception. He also said that this comrade Lu Weimin is very remarkable. He has made great contributions before he even started working and has won honor for the unit. We all admire you very much!"

That's it!

Lu Weimin suddenly realized. In this era of respecting heroes, it was not surprising that the soldiers showed such respect and joy to him after learning that he had destroyed the enemy spy network.

Xiao Li also said that the director had already informed him that he would come to meet Lu Weimin in person soon, and asked him to wait patiently.

Lu Weimin was very touched and happy to hear that the director was going to come out to greet him personally. After a while, a man in his forties, dressed simply, came out.

"Comrade Lu Weimin, I am Zhang Weichuang, deputy director of the Institute of Mechanics. Welcome to join our big family."

The middle-aged man took the letter of introduction from Lu Weimin, read it, and then extended his hand to shake hands with Lu Weimin. While chatting, he led him into the institute and to the office.

Zhang Weichang smiled and said: "Comrade Lu Weimin,

Let’s be honest.

Director Qian and I—he is now on a business trip and not in Beijing—both think highly of you. We saw you among many outstanding graduates and we both thought you were a talent and hoped to invite you to join our team. But the competition was fierce and many excellent institutions wanted to recruit you.

Although our unit has a large number of outstanding scientists and technicians, and is expected to make outstanding contributions to the country in the future, it has just been established, so we were not sure whether we could win your favor at first. Surprisingly, you finally chose us, which makes us very happy.

What's even more exciting is that I heard not long ago that you destroyed the enemy's intelligence network. You are not only talented in writing, but also in physical skills. You are really a rare all-rounder! We are naturally even happier that you chose us. In order to fulfill our promise to you, according to your request, we specially prepared a ** office and laboratory for you.

We will also provide you with a logistics support staff, two experimenters and an engineer to help you carry out your work. In the future, we will gradually increase your manpower support according to your performance and the scientific research projects you undertake. As for the salary, although you have just joined the company, you are already a level 218 engineer, and your salary and benefits will be higher than other colleagues who joined the same batch. It is temporarily set at yuan per month, plus various subsidies such as food coupons and meat coupons. If you have other requirements, just let us know, and we will try our best to meet them. "

Lu Weimin thought about it carefully and said, "I have no problem with the salary. I am very satisfied. However, in terms of work, if possible, I hope that the logistics support personnel, experimenters and engineers are all voluntary people who come to me. I will select them from these people. After all, only if they are willing to join my team, the cooperation in the future will be more harmonious and the scientific research work will be smoother."

Director Zhang learned about the personnel structure of the Institute of Mechanics from his introduction, including academicians of the Academy of Sciences (called academicians at the time), researchers, associate researchers, senior engineers and senior laboratory technicians. As a new employee, Lu Weimin was assigned to two laboratory technicians and an engineer, which in itself showed that the institute valued him very much. The technical support these people provided to Lu Weimin would be an important foundation for his future, and they must be reliable and capable, so he hoped to personally select team members.

Director Zhang was a little surprised. He knew that the laboratory technicians and engineers transferred here were all very good, but some of them were reluctant to leave their original departments and had to come here because of orders. Despite this, they would still do their duties conscientiously, but they might be a little reluctant. Unexpectedly, Lu Weimin actually understood this, which showed that he was also very insightful in interpersonal communication. "Okay! No problem, everything is up to you! If you have any other requirements, just ask!"

Lu Weimin also put forward several requests of his own, and Director Zhang agreed to them one by one.

He also said that a simple welcome party would be held for Lu Weimin and other new employees in three days so that they could get to know their old colleagues.

Afterwards, Director Zhang took Lu Weimin to visit his future workplace, which included an office and a laboratory. Although the laboratory was new, the institute was struggling financially due to the tight national finances.

So although there are instruments and equipment, most of them are old.

Director Zhang honestly introduced the current situation of the institute, and Lu Weimin expressed his understanding and did not mind. After all, he had the ability to improve these equipments on his own.